Phillis Levin News Today

A selection of poetry and prose from the TLR Archives exploring the theme of WONDER... from the supernatural to the sublime

Friendship, for poets, has long been grist for the mill. Anyone studying poetry is likely to stumble upon literary friendships – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge come instantly to mind, but also Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell, the latter of whom penned Bronte’s biography. Molly Peacock’s Friendship, for poets, has long been grist for the mill. Anyone studying poetry is likely to stumble upon literary friendships – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge come ...

As mistakes go, count this as one of the happy variety.

As mistakes go, count this as one of the happy variety.

As mistakes go, count this as one of the happy variety.

Lily Nguyen, a senior at Lancaster Country Day School, was named the winner of the 2021 Poetry Out Loud competition, South Central PARTners at Millersville University announced in a press release last week. The regional contest is part of a national program to foster students appreciation for poetry though memory and performance. “Winning this contest was honestly a huge surprise for me,” Nguyen wrote in an email. “By helping me strengthen my love and skill of poetry recitation, ...